WASHINGTON: The United States is set to unveil a state-of-the-art technologically top-notch conventional and nuclear weapons capable teal bomber named B-21 Raider on Friday. The aircraft is designed such that it will sans an onboard crew.
America has not developed a new bomber in decades, with B1 and B2 bombers being done initially during the cold war. Each plane is expected to cost around $700 million per plane.
Speaking to AFP, US Air Force spokesperson Ann Stefanek said that this military, Stefanek claimed that the plane would able to act and reach any target worldwide such that it would be able to penetrate any level of threat zone, which is contested.
US to unveil high-tech B-21
According to the spokesperson. The first flight of the B-21 would happen sometime in 2023.
After seeing the news, a Twitter user posted the following post:
Northrop Grumman, the B-21’s manufacturer, said that half a dozen of these planes are at present on the assembly line at different development stages. The site and testing facility is in California’s Palmdale. – AFP/APP
